21.   The increase was mainly due to a one-time gain because of a change in accounting methods.

22.   The pooling-of-interests accounting method, used in most bank mergers, strictly limits stock buybacks.

23.   The results were based on accounting methods Xerox has discontinued.

24.   The SEC said the bank can use the pooling-of-interests accounting method, rather than purchase accounting.

25.   What accounting method would you employ?

26.   While the IMF may be satisfied with tax collection, accounting methods could roil further tranches of the loan.

27.   Yasin also said that accounting methods used in Russia must be brought in line with Western standards.

28.   Analysts said investors were concerned that other companies might have used the same kind of accounting methods as Enron and Tyco.

29.   Analysts said investors were concerned that other companies might have used the same type of accounting methods as Enron and Tyco.

30.   But skeptics have warned that recent good news is largely the result of new government accounting methods rather than a product of real economic growth.